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residue

In chemistry, a substance or mixture of substances remaining after the removal of one or more components by a separation process.

The nonvolatile substance left in a container after evaporation of liquid, the solid left behind after removal of liquid by filtration, and the substances left in a distillation flask after removal of components by distillation, are all residues.



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Nothing occurred, however, materially to disturb the residue of the voyage excepting a violent storm; and on the twenty-second of March, the Tonquin arrived at the mouth of the Oregon, or Columbia River.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
When she took the paste out to bake it, she left smears of dough sticking to the sides of the measure, put the measure on the shelf behind the stove, and let this residue ferment.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
If it should be a slight commotion in a small part of a State, the militia of the residue would be adequate to its suppression; and the national presumption is that they would be ready to do their duty.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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